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D. KOLLMER APARTMENT HOUSE .May,8,q1923.

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` Application filed March 13, 1922. Serial No. 543,488.

This invention relates tothe arrangement of apartment houses in city blocks.

It is an object of this invention to provide an apartment house which is adapted to a narrow city lot and which will make a more effective usey of the space yavailable :in such a lot.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a series of apartment houses with passageways between them, the passageways on one side of each house being wide and leading to the principal entrance, while the passagewaysv on the other side are narrow and lead to the entrance for-the delivery of merchandise, and the removal of ashes and garbage.

It isv a further object of this invention to so arrange the stairways `in an apartment house that the space occupied by the stairs and by the passages leading to or from them shall go transverselyand not longitudinally of the house.

Other and furtherrimportant "objects of this invention will be 'apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the ac-l companying drawings.' f L The invention -`(in a preferred form) is shown on the drawings and hereinafter more fullyv described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a oor plan view showing the arrangement of the apartment houses.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of an apartment house, looking at the side having the principal entrance.

Figure 3 is a section through the stairways.

As shown on the drawings:

The apartment house 1 is separated from its neighbor 2 by a passageway 3 which includes two paved walks 4 with a space 5 between them which may be utilized for flowers or other ornaments. The two walks 4 are preferably connected at the rear end of the space 5 by a pavedfspace6, immedi-` ately at the `rear of which is a barrier 7 in the form of atrellis'forornamental vines or in any other desired formwhich shall obstruct the view from the street toward the space-8 at the rearof the barrier y7. If -pre-v4 'ferred, 'a gate may be provided Vin this barrier giving access'to the y grass plot 8 behind it, although ordinarily it would not be desirabley because those having businessvin the backyard should go through the -alley 11. The space 8 is preferably used for grass or other ground covering that shallA givel a pleasing effect, and it merges at the `rear 9 with the yards that are `behind the apartment houses. The yardsv may or may vnot be divided by fences, as is desired. Between the apartment house 1 and its neighbor l0 on the other side is a passageway ll'which 'is preferablyjpaved andwhichgoes completely through from the streetto the yard.

Each of the apartmentlhouses is provided with a principalentrance 12 for theuse of the guests and tenants. The building also has a subordinate entrance for kthe use ofthe parties delivering merchandise or removing ashes and garbage. This entrance is preferably in the form of a flightofsteps'l leading from the paved alley l11 up 'to the first floor. Entrance from the alley is also afforded by a flight of steps 14 leading into the basement. The flight of steps 13 leads lto a landing 15 onto which the subordinate door 16 of the front apartment and the' subordinatedoor 17 of the rear apartment open. j

Thev principal entrances, 18 for the front apartment and 19 for the rear apartment, open onto 4aflanding 20 at the head of a flight of steps 21 which leads fromv the level of the principal entrance 12 to the level of the first floor. Another flight of steps 22 leads from the principal entrance 12 into the basement.

The front apartment and the rear apartment are separated bythe stairways and the landings except for a small space where the artition 25 is the only thing between them.

ext to the partition 25 are the pantries 26, one in each apartment. The kitchens 27 are next to the pantries and are entered from the landing 15 through the door 16 for the front apartment and the door 17 for the rear apartment. side farthest from the landing 15 are the same direction are the bedrooms 29. Open- Next to the kitchen upon the` each apartment is occupied by the livingy room, 31 for the front apartment and 31u for the rear apartment. The living room 31 has a bay 33 projecting vfrom the front of the apartment house. The living room 31 and the ysleeping room 29 beside it are provided. ,with sleeping porches 32 which project from the rear of the house.

yIt will be obvious that the detailed arrangement lofthe rooms here described is not necessary to the practice of this invention, but, Ainfa` .general way, it will be true that the two apartments vare symmetrically arranged {SO that the rooms toward the rear of the front apartmentand the rooms toward the front 'of the rear apartment are the corresponding rooms. Such rule of symmetry 4need not, however, be strictly followed,` as the .illustration shows, for in this illustration the rear apartment has no bay and the liront apartment has no sleeping porches. Other modifications which make the two apartments dierent from one another will suggest themselves to those skilled `in the art. `.For example, the living' room 31 is provided withfa'widechimney 35 and a fireplace 40, but because the living roomV 31 seems smaller, not having the bay, it is rprovided only with a [small chimney Y36; The wall jspace savedpin the' room 31 by using a smaller chimney an'd omitting the fireplace r.provides an opportunity `for a bay window 37., On the `other haiid, the fireplace 40 in the-room 31 is to advantage iianked by bookcases 38.

I am aware that numerous details in the iioonplan :may be changed without departing from the spirit of this invention. l am `also awarey that numerous 'details of congstruction and arrangement of the whole block of apartment `houses may be varied without departing from the spirit of this invention, and l therefore do not purpose limiting the patent to be granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In' an apartment house, a front apartment, a rear apartment on each floor and two stairways located between said apartments, and entrances to the house located on opposite sides thereof, those on one side oi the house communicating with one stairway and those on the other side communicating with the other stairway. l

2. ln an apartment house, a front apartment and a rear apartment on the same Hoor, private entrances for each of said apartments', a wall separating said apartments and, extending less than half lthe width of the house, and means including stairs for reaching the private entrancesto the several apartments, said means occupying the remainder of the `width of the house between the apartments.

said st airways and partition separating the house into front and rear apartments, each apartment comprising a set of rooms, the smallest` of the rooms in each apartment on the same floor being adjacent said partition.

5 ln an apartment housetwo apartments,

a pantry in each apartment, a partition separating said pantries, and a stairway extending the combined length of said pantries.

, In testimony whereof l lhave hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.4

v lDOMlN-IK K'OLLMER Witnesses:

CARUroN Hmm H. Wnscor'r WALKER. 

